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A careful selection of creative events, exhibitions and interesting meetups in The Netherlands. Recommendations? Submit an event

NATURE – Collaborations in design

May

 

10

 - 

Jan

 

19

NATURE – Collaborations in design

Cube design museum

 · 

Kerkrade

In collaboration with the world's largest design museum, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, Cube design museum presents NATURE.

Colorful Japan

Sep

 

7

 - 

Feb

 

2

Colorful Japan

Stedelijk Museum

 · 

Amsterdam

The exhibition ‘Colorful Japan’ shows 226 Japanese posters in the Gallery of Honor of the Stedelijk Museum – from floor to ceiling.

Design of the Third Reich

Sep

 

8

 - 

Jan

 

19

Design of the Third Reich

Design Museum

 · 

Den Bosch

Design Museum Den Bosch presents the first major retrospective of design of the Third Reich.

JOOST SWARTE – EVERYWHERE

Sep

 

14

 - 

Jan

 

19

JOOST SWARTE – EVERYWHERE

The Kunsthal

 · 

Rotterdam

Joost Swarte celebrates his fiftieth anniversary as an illustrator, designer and architect with an exhibition at the Kunsthal Rotterdam.

WIM CROUWEL: MR. GRIDNIK

Sep

 

28

 - 

Mar

 

22

WIM CROUWEL: MR. GRIDNIK

Stedelijk Museum

 · 

Amsterdam

Tribute to Wim Crouwel (1928-2019) with a selection of his typographic oeuvre.

Louise Bourgeois – To Unravel a Torment

Oct

 

12

 - 

May

 

17

Louise Bourgeois – To Unravel a Torment

Museum Voorlinden

 · 

Wassenaar

A six-decade survey exhibition featuring forty pivotal works from the Glenstone Collection, The Easton Foundation and Voorlinden.

Lorenzo Vitturi – Materia Impura

Oct

 

18

 - 

Jan

 

19

Lorenzo Vitturi – Materia Impura

Foam

 · 

Amsterdam

The exhibition Materia Impura summarises ten years of research, combining Vitturi’s earlier projects.

Modern Perspectives. Photo & Film Amsterdam 1920-1940

Oct

 

18

 - 

Dec

 

16

Modern Perspectives. Photo & Film Amsterdam 1920-1940

Stadsarchief Amsterdam

 · 

Amsterdam

A unique exhibition about photography and film in the 1920s and 1930s.

Bo­gomir Doringer – Dancing De­fence: Space, Ritual, Ges­ture

Oct

 

19

 - 

Dec

 

15

Bo­gomir Doringer – Dancing De­fence: Space, Ritual, Ges­ture

Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen

 · 

Vijfhuizen

An in­ter­dis­ci­pli­nary re­search pro­ject that is using artistic methods in studying the so­cial phe­nom­enon of club­bing.

Es­teban Cabeza de Baca – Life is one drop in limitless oceans...

Oct

 

19

 - 

Dec

 

15

Es­teban Cabeza de Baca – Life is one drop in limitless oceans...

Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen

 · 

Vijfhuizen

Cabeza de Ba­ca’s im­mer­sive in­stal­la­tion ex­plores the flu­idity of move­ment.

NIEUWE OOGST 2019

Nov

 

1

 - 

Dec

 

22

NIEUWE OOGST 2019

Galerie Bart

 · 

Nijmegen

A selection by Galerie Bart of the best graduates from Dutch art academies.

FOLLOW '19

Nov

 

2

 - 

Dec

 

8

FOLLOW '19

Melkweg Expo

 · 

Amsterdam

In collaboration with EIZO, Kiekie and Melkweg Expo join forces for the second edition of the young talent development program FOLLOW.

The Waves

Nov

 

15

 - 

Feb

 

2

The Waves

Marres

 · 

Maastricht

Inspired by the novel The Waves, by Virginia Woolf, Norwegian composer Espen Sommer Eide makes an eponymous spatial music album for Marres.

Amsterdam Light Festival: DISRUPT!

Nov

 

28

 - 

Jan

 

19

Amsterdam Light Festival: DISRUPT!

Various locations

 · 

Amsterdam

Experience the open-air exhibition "DISRUPT!" from the Amsterdam waters and visit one of the many light art activities.

Landscape as Cult

Nov

 

28

 - 

May

 

3

Landscape as Cult

Bureau Europa

 · 

Maastricht

An exhibition that puts the people/landscape and culture/nature relationships into sharp focus.

50 years of EKWC

Nov

 

28

 - 

Feb

 

9

50 years of EKWC

De Pont

 · 

Tilburg

De Pont museum is presenting the work of three generations of German artists who joined the centre’s artist-in-residence program in the past decades.

HINKYPUNK & GLORY COLLISION

Nov

 

29

 - 

Feb

 

1

HINKYPUNK & GLORY COLLISION

Billytown

 · 

The Hague

Two new exhibitions at Billytown during Hoogtij #59.

Line Busch – Transitions

Nov

 

30

 - 

Dec

 

14

Line Busch – Transitions

Mini Galerie

 · 

Amsterdam

A ‘mini’ solo exhibition by Danish artist Line Busch.

POSITIONS #5 – Telling Untold Stories

Nov

 

30

 - 

Mar

 

8

POSITIONS #5 – Telling Untold Stories

Van Abbemuseum

 · 

Eindhoven

For Positions #5, the Van Abbemuseum includes new and recent work by five artists living and working in the Netherlands.

Living Like an Artist

Dec

 

6

 - 

Dec

 

13

Living Like an Artist

Van Eyck Academie

 · 

Maastricht

Jan van Eyck project agency Mirror will exhibit and reflect on the outcomes of research venture Living Like an Artist.

Outside Fashion

Dec

 

7

 - 

Mar

 

8

Outside Fashion

Huis Marseille

 · 

Amsterdam

Fashion photography from the Studio to Exotic Lands (1900–1969)

Unfair20 Fundraiser Auction x NewWerkTheater

Dec

 

9

 - 

Dec

 

9

Unfair20 Fundraiser Auction x NewWerkTheater

Newwerktheater

 · 

Amsterdam

Unfair presents a special biennial fundraiser auction with work from an exclusive selection of around 50 international and established artists.

The LIMA Collection: New Work

Dec

 

12

 - 

Dec

 

12

The LIMA Collection: New Work

LAB 111

 · 

Amsterdam

LIMA presents new work from Mark IJzerman, Sébastien Robert, Zeno van den Broek and Nan Wang

Adorned – The Fashionable Show

Dec

 

13

 - 

Mar

 

11

Adorned – The Fashionable Show

Foam

 · 

Amsterdam

An exhibition that presents intriguing and challenging fashion related photography projects created by a new generation of visual artists.

GOLF festival

Dec

 

20

 - 

Dec

 

22

GOLF festival

Various locations

 · 

Haarlem

GOLF festival is a three-day festival with performances, installations and lectures about the interaction between image and sound.

Art Rotterdam 2020

Feb

 

6

 - 

Feb

 

9

Art Rotterdam 2020

Various locations

 · 

Rotterdam

The fair to discover young art.

OBJECT 2020

Feb

 

7

 - 

Feb

 

9

OBJECT 2020

HAKA building

 · 

Rotterdam

OBJECT is the anual fair for contemporary design in the characteristic HAKA building in Rotterdam.

Sonic Acts Academy 2020

Feb

 

21

 - 

Feb

 

23

Sonic Acts Academy 2020

Various locations

 · 

Amsterdam

The 20th edition of Sonic Acts takes its cue from inspiring artistic research with a special emphasis on experimentation and innovation.

FITC Amsterdam 2020

Feb

 

24

 - 

Feb

 

25

FITC Amsterdam 2020

Pakhuis de Zwijger

 · 

Amsterdam

FITC returns to Amsterdam to host their groundbreaking design and tech event on the future of innovation, design and all the cool shit in between.

BEYOND THE IMAGE: BERTIEN VAN MANEN & FRIENDS

Feb

 

29

 - 

Aug

 

9

BEYOND THE IMAGE: BERTIEN VAN MANEN & FRIENDS

Stedelijk Museum

 · 

Amsterdam

The Stedelijk Museum pays an unusual tribute to an icon of documentary photography, the Dutch photographer Bertien van Manen (The Hague, 1942).

Unfair20

Apr

 

10

 - 

Apr

 

13

Unfair20

Westergas

 · 

Amsterdam

Unfair collaborates, curates and promotes the brightest contemporary artists of today and tomorrow.

World Press Photo Festival 2020

Apr

 

17

 - 

Apr

 

18

World Press Photo Festival 2020

Westergas

 · 

Amsterdam

The World Press Photo Festival showcases the best visual journalism and storytelling with a program of presentations, meetups, and workshops.

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